Both my parents have done extenive genealogy record searching. On both sides of the family I have records going back to the 1700s. Dad kept this huge 'black book'. All the kids would run when he got it out and wanted to show some of the grand kids what he had. My youngest daughter didn't so after he died she got his book. Since she was still at home I have it. It is my job now to add any marriages, births, deaths etc. One year my daughter had a project to do where she had to make a family tree. She had the most intricate and largest and organized and got an A+.

What my Mom wants in addition to the genealogy is the how they got places. Like how did they get to Le Heigh Pa to Greene Co Ill? What route did they take. So I do hours of research for her and I find some pretty interesting things. I just do a google search and start opening up a loot of sites and read. One site wil lead me to another one. There are also genealogy message boards where you can post inquiries.